Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Balance of plants in the environment WHAT WILD WATER PLANTS FOR A POND

I would like to hear more about how you grow water plants from seed. What containers do you start them in and how do you transplant them? How do you learn if the seed needs scarification? How do you store the seed? I'm told the seed I've ordered has to be kept cool and moist until planted.

Years ago I grew trees from seed as a hobby. I ordered seed from an outfit in New England that sold thousands of kinds of seed from around the world. I learned that different seeds require different treatment. Sometimes the treatment is very simple, and sometimes it's complex. Some seed needs to be scarified, some needs to be pre-chilled, and some needs both. Some of the recommended treatments didn't work well for me, and sometimes I worked out something that worked better. One method that often worked well was starting the tree in a 15 oz can, and then when the time came for transplanting, I cut the bottom out of the can and planted the can. I wonder if that wouldn't work for some water plants?

Rah, AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES
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Could we also add the potato which came from south America or corn which came from southern Mexico. Invasive corn is planted in my fields every year, or pigs that came from Asia and Europe.

When I built my pond and planted trees in a 5 1/2 acre area around my pond the Department of Natural Resources told me I should plant my trees in rows like corn so I could control invasive plant more easily. Now wouldn't that look nice today with 40 foot trees all in a row.

Turtlemtn I think I remember reading that Black Walnuts fall into the category of needing to freeze before being able to germinate. Anyway, I planted a little over a hundred by picking them up from my main woods and stomping them into the ground around the pond area when the ground was soggy wet and 15 of them grew. today I have squirrels at the pond which is what I was after. I planted about 10 Weeping Willows by cloning from the original tree.

John - Invasive and exotic are not necessarily the same thing. There are non-invasive exotic plants. I am not a purist and only referred you to the regs for your knowledge. I checked this out in response to this thread and just wanted to pass it on FYI. BTW - Corn and potatoes are not considered invasive. Without human care, they will not persist.

I know this is a dumb question but when do you plant these lilies and plants, is it before you fill or when water is at certain depth? How would you plant after the pond has water? Sorry, just new to this and I am digging my 1 acre pond soon. Thanks,

I have always planted after the ponds or wetlands are full. Some plants are planted in very shallow water, while I put rocks or a brick on water lily plants to keep them in place until they grow more roots.

Do you leave them in the container when you plant (put in water) and do you cut out bottom of container so the roots have somewhere to go? Where would you put brick?

I have removed them from the containers because I am OK with them spreading. The brick can be put right on top of water lily tubers if they are large enough.